DePaul University

CHICAGO The DePaul men’s tennis team won both sides of a home doubleheader on Saturday at Lakeshore Athletic Club.  The Blue Demons opened the day with a 5-2 victory over Northern Illinois before they posted a 7-0 shutout over Wright State in the nightcap.

DePaul took the doubles point from NIU with a pair of victories.  Junior Austin Doerner and sophomore Alasdair Graetz edged Adam Ford and Brian Livingston, 8-5, in the top match, while freshman Ben Hartman and sophomore Adam Williams earned an 8-5 victory over Matt Hansen and Diego Zegarra-Ballon in the No. 3 match.

Singles competition saw the Blue Demons take the dual victory from the Huskies with four wins.  Sophomore Vanja Grgec posted a 6-3, 6-4 win over Ford in the No. 3 match and Graetz earned a three-set, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, victory over Jimmy Chu at No. 4.  Hartman defeated Hansen, 6-3, 6-1, in the No. 5 match and freshman Bartosz Jozwiak picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win over Javier Bernabe at No. 6 singles.

DePaul controlled the nightcap from top to bottom as the Blue Demons defeated the Raiders in every doubles and singles match.  Doerner and Graetz improved their No. 1 doubles record to 5-1 with an 8-4 win over Nick Camilleri and Landon Neuman, while Williams and Hartman picked up their fifth doubles victory of the spring with an 8-1 rout over Pip Rehg and Brad Krick at No. 3.

The No. 3 singles match saw Jose Moncada notch his 11th dual-season singles victory when he knocked off Rehg, 6-1, 6-1.  Hartman improved to 16-1 on the spring with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jan Alafriz at No. 5 singles.

DePaul (11-6, 2-0 BIG EAST) heads west next week for a trio of duals in California.  The Blue Demons face Pacific on Thursday before they challenge UC-Davis on Friday.  DePaul closes the trip with a Saturday dual at Fresno State.

DePaul 5, NIU 2

Doubles
No. 1 Graetz/Doerner (DePaul) def. Ford/Livingston (NIU) 8-5
No. 2 Friesen/Chu (NIU) def. Moncada/Grgec (DePaul) 8-4
No. 3 Hartman/Williams (DePaul) def. Hansen/Zegarra-Ballon (NIU) 8-5

Singles
No. 1 Brian Livingston (NIU) def. Austin Doerner (DePaul) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Alex Friesen (NIU) def. Jose Moncada (DePaul) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (11-9)
No. 3 Vanja Grgec (DePaul) def. Adam Ford (DePaul) 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 Alasdair Graetz (DePaul) def. Jimmy Chu (NIU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Ben Hartman (DePaul) def. Matt Hansen (NIU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Bartosz Jozwiak (DePaul) def. Javier Bernabe (NIU) 6-2, 6-3

DePaul 7, Wright State 0

Doubles
No. 1 Doerner/Graetz (DePaul) def. Camilleri/Neuman (WSU) 8-4
No. 2 Jozwiak/Grgec (DePaul) def. Teufel/Alafriz (WSU) 8-6
No. 3 Williams/Hartman (DePaul) def. Rehg/Krick (WSU) 8-1

Singles
No. 1 Austin Doerner (DePaul) def. Tony Teufel (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Vanja Grgec (DePaul) def. Nick Camilleri (WSU) 6-3, 7-6 (6)
No. 3 Jose Moncada (DePaul) def. Pip Regh (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Alasdair Graetz (DePaul) def. Landon Neuman (WSU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 Ben Hartman (DePaul) def. Jan Alafriz (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 Adam Williams (DePaul) def. Brett Stewart (WSU) 6-0, 6-1